> i suspect checkinstall may be what you're looking for Yep!
Derek has a great explanation: http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=10 I had downloaded a precompiled version of rox-filer, and checkinstall correctly understood the install script, etc. Now i have 2.0.0 installed *and* my urpmi knows it's 2.0.0! thanks! eric > also, if you've added your contrib sources properly, > # urpmi checkinstall > should get your the rpm for your version of mandrake. > > I installed a newer version of roxfiler that was not an rpm. > > > > How do i make the rpm utils see that as my most current > > version?
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